KISSIMMEE MAN ALREADY AWAITING TRIAL FOR AN ALLEGED ONLINE DATING SCHEME WITH 22 VICTIMS COULD BE AT IT AGAINFUL LOCAL WOMAN SAYS SHE MET SCOTT CAMPBELL ONLINE AND WHEN THEY MET IN PERSON, ALL HE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS MONEY, HER MONEY. MIKE HOLFELD HAS THE EXCLUSIVE STORY. THE FIRST DAY HE WAS AT MY HOUSE, WE WENT BACK ON THE BACK PORCH AND JUST TALKED. HE WAS ASKING ME ABOUT MY 401K. I WAS -- HE IS LIKE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE? SHE'S CONVINCED ALLEGED CONMAN SCOTT CAMPBELL IS PLAYING THE DATING GAME AGAIN. AM I MAKING TOO MUCH OF A LEAP. NO, BECAUSE HE ASKED ME FOR MONEY. I HAVE ONLY KNOWN THE MAN NOT ONLY A MONTH. SO-CALLED PLAYBOY CONMAN SENT HER THIS VIDEO CLIP IN LATE OCTOBER. NO WORDS SPOKEN. JUST HIS WAY OF SAYING, HE'S THINKING OF HER. WHAT IS IT HE IS PROMISING TO DO? IF YOU HAD GIVEN HIM THAT MONEY, HOW WERE YOU GOING TO BENEFIT. THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORK AGAIN. WHATEVER HE TOUCHES, MAKES MONEY. LIKE SO MANY WOMEN BEFORE HER, SHE MET CAMPBELL ONLINE. HIS NEW DATING PROFILE INCLUDES THE SAME OLD PITCH FOR A DREAM BIGGER THAN AMERICAN IDOL. 22 WOMEN SAY THEY FELL FOR THAT LINE, EVENTUALLY FILING COMPLAINTS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. CAMPBELL LEFT THIS VOICE MESSAGE WITH ONE OF HIS ACCUSERS. YOU THINK I'M GOING TO RUN NOW, THIS IS CRAZY. THIS IS MY COMPANY, THIS IS MY IDEA, MY DREAM. FEW WEEKS LATER HE WAS CHARGED, CHARGED WITH BILKING AREA WOMEN OF OUT OF $1.5 MILLION. DID HE EVER EXPLAIN TO YOU WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GOING? NO. HE JUST SAID IT IS FOR BUILDING HIS DREAM AND BUILDING HIS STUDIO. THIS RECORDING STUDIO. RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT IS EVEN REAL. WE FOUND THE BUILDING. IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. BUT THE PERMITS AND PLANS ARE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GAME ROOM AND STORAGE AREA. NOT A RECORDING STUDIO. WHAT IS IT? IS IT A GAME ROOM OR IS IT A STUDIO? THE NATURE OF WHAT IT IS WHAN EFFECTWHATEFFECT HAS ON THE CASE WILL BE BROUGHT OUT. CAMPBELL'S COMPANY BDO RECORDS IS NOT A FRONT. HE IS NO THE A CONMAN, AN ACTUAL BUSINESSMAN. I'VE SEEN NO FACTS TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT HE IS A CONMAN AND NOT A BUSINESSMAN. THEN WHY, SIR, IS HE CONTINUING TO ASK WOMEN FOR MONEY? I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, MY JOB IS REALLY NOT TO COMMENT ON HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND WHAT HE IS DOING AS FAR AS DATING. MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HE HAS HIS DAY IN COURT AND HE WILL. WE SHOULD TELL YOU, CAMPBELL REMAINS FREE ON BOND. HE IS SUPPOSED TO GO TO TRIAL NEXT MONTH. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS WITH SO MANY PEOPLE TO DEPOSE, THEY MAY NEED MORE TIME. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MIKE. DEPOSITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO

ORLANDO, Fla. -

Online dating seemed like a great way to meet someone after a divorce so when "Mary James" (not her real name) met a guy named Scott online she thought nothing of it when he asked where she lived.

"The first day he was at my house we went on the back porch and just talked," James said. "He was asking me about my 401-K and he was like, 'Do you know how much you have?'"

The two had been texting and talking on the phone for a few weeks before that meeting.

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He claimed to be a record producer, affluent, with a yacht and a project "bigger than American Idol and X-Factor combined."

When he arrived at her home she said he backed a black late model Mercedes into her driveway. Mary said the car was impressive yet in all their time together he never paid for anything.

She said it seemed like he was more interested in her retirement account than a relationship.

It turns out Scott is Scott Campbell, the so called "Playboy Conman." Local 6 first exposed his alleged dating for dollars scheme last year.

Campbell, who has been living in Kissimmee, has a legacy of alleged financial schemes with women dating back nearly 10 years.

Last year, his past caught up with him. Campbell was arrested, booked and charged with stealing at least $1.5 million from 22 Florida women who all dated Campbell and believed his entertainment project would be their golden ticket.

In Mary's case she says Campbell claimed she "…Wouldn't have to work again, and whatever he touches makes money."

Campbell has declined an interview with Local 6 but in voice messages to the women who have filed charges against him he has been defiant. In one message he says: "If you think I'm going to run now you must be crazy this is my company and my idea and my dream."

Palm Coast attorney Marc Dwyer is representing Campbell. He said there is nothing sinister about his client's entertainment company.

"I've seen no facts that substantiate that he’s a conman and not a businessman," Dwyer said.

Dwyer declined to comment on Campbell’s pursuit of investors on a dating service.

"My job isn't to comment on his personal life and what he's doing as far as dating," Dwyer said. "My job is that he will have his day in court and he will."

State investigators say the women who have filed charges against Campbell claim to have handed over money from savings, retirement and home equity accounts.

Mary said he claimed to be building a studio and was hoping to celebrate the opening on New Year's Eve.

The two-story building is in a residential area in Osceola County, but the county permits make no mention of a commercial recording studio. ClickOrlando.com/Local 6 found a listing for a game room and second floor storage.

The county has been made aware of the issue.

Campbell's trial has been set for February.

**Names have been changed

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